I read Asians use ground barley. What kind of dishes do they use it in?!

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I read Asians use ground barley. What kind of dishes do they use it in?

It was just a report with no specifics - could someone tell me? I'm talking specifically about roasted and ground barley powder. If they do use it, could you let me know which particular Asian cuisine uses it. Thank you much.

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4 days ago
Thanks! Is the barley flour usually JUST barley, i.e not mixed with wheat flour or whatever else. T

Answers: 4 days ago
Thanks! Is the barley flour usually JUST barley, i.e not mixed with wheat flour or whatever else. T Indians use it, it's called JAWAR. Maharashtrians make a thick flatbread known as "bhakri".

BHAKRI

2 cups jawar (ground barley)
Warm water as needed
salt to taste

METHOD:

Take jawar flour, make a well in the middle. Add salt and warm water. Knead nicely to make a soft dough. Make round balls out of this dough.

On a flat surface, sprinkle little jawar flour and pat the ball with your palm. Use flour as required. Keep flattening the ball in circular motion to make round shape like roti. Don't make it too thin. Bhakri should be equal thickness so that it get puffed.

Keep ready a small piece of clean cloth and water in a vessel.

Now the tricky part is to put this on tawa or griddle. Heat a griddle(or a flat pan) and slide bhakri from the flat surface and place it on the griddle. It should be in such a way that, the lower surface of the bhakri should go on the tawa(upper surface upwards). Turn heat to low. Now with the help of wet cloth, spread water on the bhakri. Then immediately turn on the bhakri to cook other side.

Now remove from griddle and hold it on the direct flame. With the help of spatula, press a bit to get puffed. Roast on both sides till you get small black spots. Be careful, don't burn.

Serve bhakri with a dollop of butter and with garlic chutney or any vegetable daal or curry.

Note: For beginners bhakri is little difficult to make. Gas cooking is preferred to make good bhakris than electric. But you can roast it on electric coil, just hold it on the coil for 10-20 seconds. Usually traditional bhakri griddle is different than the usual flat griddle, but any flat pan can be used.

PS: jawar is ground barley & nothing else

Bhakri is a thicker coarse flatbread, nothing like rotis or chapathis which are soft. But bhakris are very healthy. Source(s):
http://www.bellaonline.com/site/indianfo... well my mother is korean and she doesnt grind the barley but she cookes it with rice becuz its more healthy and we also make tea out of boiling it

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